Alabama Rowing Places 17 on CRCA Scholar-Athlete List

Alabama rowing placed a program-best 17 student-athletes on the 2016 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar-Athlete List.

The 17 on this year’s list is the highest total in program history, surpassing the previous best of 12 set last season. Alabama placed the second-most athletes on the list of any Division I school in the country, only trailing Ohio State with 23.

To qualify, a student-athlete with a 3.5 cumulative career GPA must be in at least their sophomore year of eligibility and have rowed in a minimum of 75 percent of the team’s 2016 spring races or in the school’s regional conference event.

Alabama’s 2016 honorees include Charlotte Adkins, Vanessa Barone, Jacklin Byers, Tayla Cabana, Claire Estep, Maggie Gillespie, Meghan Hampton, Nicole Lane, Anne Lehmann, Olivia Miller, Emily Navin, Jennifer Parker, Katie Scott, Ali Smith, Gabrielle Sprio, Shannon Sweatt and Lindsey Taylor.